PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Frank Abbotts (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sean Taylor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sean Taylor will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Abbotts
vs
Taylor

183 cm
18
211 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

225 cm
19
205 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Frank Abbotts!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Sean Taylor!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, James Ackerman and Paul Tew.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Abbotts throws a leg kick but Taylor checks it.
Abbotts throws a low kick but it's checked well by Taylor.
Abbotts misses with a low kick.
Abbotts throws and low kick but Taylor moves out of range easily.
Abbotts wants to clinch.
Abbotts fails in his attempt to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Abbotts takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Abbotts tries to clinch up but Taylor circles away and keeps his distance.
Abbotts tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Taylor paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Sean Taylor is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Abbotts looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Abbotts fails in his attempt to clinch.
Abbotts shoots in but no luck this time.
Abbotts throws a low kick but Taylor avoids it.
Abbotts looks for the body kick but Taylor saw that one coming.
Taylor avoids a punch combination nicely.
Abbotts misses with a low kick.
Taylor throws a nice looking combination but Abbotts bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Taylor misses with a series of wild punches.
Abbotts fails in his attempt to clinch.
Abbotts wants to clinch up but Taylor keeps it at a distance.
Frank Abbotts seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Taylor lands a nice shot that snaps Abbotts's head back.

It looks like Frank Abbotts has been cut.
Taylor lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Abbotts dodges the punch combination from Taylor.
Abbotts misses with an attempted mid kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Taylor lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Taylor uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Abbotts.
Abbotts does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Abbotts misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Taylor is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Left hook, right uppercut from Taylor.
Abbotts misses with a combination
and Taylor counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.

Frank Abbotts's cut is getting worse.
Taylor blocks a head kick by Abbotts.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Taylor keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Abbotts.
Taylor stuffs the takedown attempt from Abbotts. Abbotts gets slowly back to his feet.
Some bone on bone action there as Taylor checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Abbotts tries to clinch up.
Abbotts fails with an attempt to clinch.
Taylor blocks the body kick.
Taylor swinging wilding here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sean Taylor dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Frank Abbotts's cut.
That's time! Abbotts's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

A clash of legs there as Taylor blocks the low kick.
Taylor throws a nice looking combination but Abbotts bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Abbotts throws a chopping leg kick but Taylor manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Frank Abbotts is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Abbotts throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Abbotts takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Taylor checks the leg kick.
Abbotts misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Abbotts misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Abbotts looks to land a right hand but Taylor moved out of range.
Abbotts throws a combination that misses
and Taylor counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

Abbotts changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Taylor looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Taylor is pushing Abbotts's head away, looking to escape. Abbotts manages to hold on to the position though.

Abbotts stands up and beckons Taylor to his feet.
Abbotts shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Taylor as he jumps to the side.
Abbotts clinches but Taylor breaks the clinch
and Taylor counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head kick by Abbotts misses
and Taylor counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Taylor rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Abbotts moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
A bone on bone clash there as Taylor blocks the leg kick.
Abbotts tries to clinch up.
Abbotts wants to clinch but Taylor slips to the side
and Taylor counters with a left and a right that stings Abbotts.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Abbotts tries to clinch there but Taylor circles away.
Taylor slips a jab from Abbotts.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Taylor finds it's way through Abbotts's defenses.
Taylor drops Abbotts with a beautiful combination! Abbotts stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Taylor is looking for the KO!

Abbotts is rocked!

Frank Abbotts's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Taylor dances in with a quick combination. Abbotts is being worked over with jabs and crosses. Oooh, a right straight from Taylor snaps Abbotts's head back. Abbotts stumbles backwards against the cage. Taylor steps forward and delivers a right cross that connects with Abbotts's jaw, simultaneously knocking him out and sending his mouthpiece into the crowd! There's a worthy souvenir for the fans. This one is over folks. Abbotts just didn't come prepared.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:25 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Sean Taylor!